Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget OF News Cleaned From tho
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADTICES BY TELEGRAM.

The German crown prince and his family
have left England.
1t is the intention of tho president to
| spend the next few weeks at Oak View. He
regards this as his vacation time, and while
he will spend it near the capital so that he
can attend to actual public business, he will
not feel obliged to devote any time to persons
seeking place or merely desirous of paying
their respects
The president has appointed Prof. G.
Brown Goode, assistant director of the ma
tional museum, to be commissioners of fish
and fisheries vice Prof. S. F. Baird, de-
ury, who was first rendered the position. de-
clined it because of his lack of sciertific
knowledge
The body of a man was taken out of the
Missouri river about one-half mile south of
the Woodbury. county line, Iowa. The body
was apparently that of a man about 25 years
old, six feet in height and had on black suit
of clothes, blue checked shirt and a pair of
CATERS. red morocco pocketbooL, which
was empty, was found on his person.
Acting Commissioner Stockslager, of the
general land office, has issued the necessary
instructions to carry into effect Secretary La
mars recent order restoring to settlement
and entry the lands within the indemnity
limits of, and withdraw for the benefit of the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Railroad company, excluding those selected
on the main line from Hudson to Superior.
the Wisconsin Farm Mortgage company and
the Wisconsin Central Railroad company.
About3 225, IOO acres will be restored by these
orders.
A London special says: There is talk of
a permanent arbitration treaty between the
United States and England The project is q
reasonable one, and discussion may lead to it's
adoption, and If the government of the United
States were willing and were in any way to
signify its willingness to become a party tn
such treaty, there is force of good men
with us to induce our government to consent
Ii this be done it will be grand step forward
IN the world S march, and will be followed in
some no distant time by other atoms, willing
10 escape the sorry burden Of military anna
ments Two hundred members of the house
OF commons signed the arbi ration memorial
put lar more than this number will be ready
to urge the acceptance OF the treaty upon the
English government
An attempt was made to burn the bridge
over the culvert on the Wabash railway. one
mile east OF Lafayette, Ind. freight train
came around the curve at full speed and the
engineer, seeing the fire, put on steam and
passed over safely. The second section of the
Tram was tagged and stopped before it
reached the bridge, and the traiumen put ont
the hre. AS the engineer of the first train
reached the burning bridge, he saw man run
out from hiding Place near by and disap
pear in the woods.
"A petition is now in circulation aslsinr tho
governor of Illinois to pardon cx-C Commits
sloner Richard S. McClonehrey. 1t is being
extensively signed, especially by Grand Army
men. lhe petition asks for paruon for tie
ola soldier because of his honorable war
cord and on the ground that there was no
evidence justifying the conviction
The corn crop of the south is unprece-
dentedly large, exceeding the yield of 1856 by
5o,ooo. ooo bushels, the yield of 1885 by 60
600, GOO bushels and the yield OF 1854 by 1o7.
oooooo bushels. The south will this year, it
is said. be ne ry sef-supporting in he matter
OF corn. and many millions of dollars that
have here ofore gone west for corn will this
season lie saved to southern farmers, The
advanced prices for tobacco will, it is claimed.
counter balance to the farmers the decrease
in the yield, due mainly to creased acreage.
Other crops have, with few exceptions been
very good